Head to Head
Played 32
Essendon 17
Adelaide 15
Draws 0
Last Five
R1, 2013, Essendon18.9 (117) d Adelaide 11.16 (82) at AAMI Stadium
R19, 2012, Adelaide 16.8 (104) d Essendon 15.10 (100) at AAMI Stadium
R17, 2011, Essendon 12.12 (84) d Adelaide 10.13 (73) at AAMI Stadium
R14, 2010, Adelaide 19.10 (124) d Essendon 5.10 (40) at AAMI Stadium
EF, 2009, Adelaide 26.10 (166) d Essendon 10.10 (70) at AAMI Stadium
Key Players
• Ben Howlett had the best game of his career in round one of last year, collecting 25 disposals and booting four goals in a commanding effort
• Scott Thomson has been Adelaide’s most prolific ball winner in recent encounters against Essendon, finishing in the top two for the Crows in disposals in the last two games between the clubs.
• Captain Jobe Watson has been influential in the past two games against Adelaide, averaging 32.5 disposals and a goal a game while collecting all six Brownlow Medal votes so will be sorely missed on Saturday night.
Take Note
• The Bombers have only won one game against Adelaide at Etihad Stadium since 2002 in three attempts
• Essendon and Adelaide are two teams who like to move the ball through kicking, sitting first and third respectively for average kicks in 2013
• Both teams currently sit in the same position on the ladder with only percentage separating them.
